Increase your Energy with these Three Things

Overview

Vitamin B6, zinc and magnesium all interact with each other in carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism and proper DNA synthesis. Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin that cannot be stored in your body. Zinc is found mostly in your blood plasma and liver, while magnesium is stored in your bones and muscle.

Are vitamins and trace elements that support many enzymatic processes within the body. According to research, the nutrients all work together to provide synergistic results that would not be found when taking these nutrients separately.

FUNCTIONS

You body needs vitamin B6 for over 100 enzyme functions that are involved with metabolism and hormone formation. Vitamin B6 carries out protein synthesis of hemoglobin formation in your red blood cells, synthesis of white blood cells and developing neurotransmitters.

Zinc is involved with over 300 enzymatic functions; regulating protein synthesis and proper growth development. According to the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University, it is also a component of an antioxidant called superoxide dismutase, or SOD, which protects cells from free radical damage. Zinc also plays a role in storing and releasing insulin, moving vitamin A from the liver and keeping your blood pH in balance. Zinc is depleted during intense exercise, and deficiencies also tend to arise. In fact, in a study with 160 athletes, 23% of the males and 43% of the females had significantly low levels of zinc.

Magnesium is one of the more common nutritional deficiencies among healthy adults, especially women and the elderly. Deficiencies are also very common among weight trainers, due to increased loss of these nutrients during workouts.

Besides maintaining bone structures, magnesium works with potassium in conducting nerve impulses; metabolizing carbohydrates, fats and proteins; and DNA and RNA synthesis. Magnesium is involve in 300 enzymes. It also regulates blood calcium balance and helps vitamin D absorb calcium and phosphorous into your bones. Magnesium ensures our muscle tissues get sufficient amounts of oxygen. When there is a magnesium deficiency, muscles are depleted of oxygen therefore muscles exhaust more easily. Magnesium on its own aids strength, endurance, and relaxation and is necessary to support the metabolism of carbohydrates and proteins.

Dosage

For adult male athletes, scientific studies support taking 20-30 mg of zinc liver chelate and 450 mg of magnesium lactae daily as well as 50-100 mg of B6-niacinaminde per day. According to researchers, both female and teenage male athletes need half that amount daily (10 to 15 mg of zinc and 225 mg of magnesium) taken in 2 divided dosages. It is recommended to be taken 30 minutes before a workout and again about 30 minutes prior to bedtime, preferably on an empty stomach.